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  1. :title: Docker Documentation
  2. :description: An overview of the Docker Documentation
  3. :keywords: containers, lxc, concepts, explanation
  4. Introduction
  5. ------------
  6. ``docker``, the Linux Container Runtime, runs Unix processes with
  7. strong guarantees of isolation across servers. Your software runs
  8. repeatably everywhere because its :ref:`container_def` includes any
  9. dependencies.
  10. ``docker`` runs three ways:
  11. * as a daemon to manage LXC containers on your :ref:`Linux host
  12. <kernel>` (``sudo docker -d``)
  13. * as a :ref:`CLI <cli>` which talks to the daemon's `REST API
  14. <api/docker_remote_api>`_ (``docker run ...``)
  15. * as a client of :ref:`Repositories <working_with_the_repository>`
  16. that let you share what you've built (``docker pull, docker
  17. commit``).
  18. Each use of ``docker`` is documented here. The features of Docker are
  19. currently in active development, so this documentation will change
  20. frequently.
  21. For an overview of Docker, please see the `Introduction
  22. <http://www.docker.io/learn_more/>`_. When you're ready to start working with
  23. Docker, we have a `quick start <http://www.docker.io/gettingstarted>`_
  24. and a more in-depth guide to :ref:`ubuntu_linux` and other
  25. :ref:`installation_list` paths including prebuilt binaries,
  26. Vagrant-created VMs, Rackspace and Amazon instances.
  27. Enough reading! :ref:`Try it out! <running_examples>`